Jolie ready to take boy home

Mother of 3 lands in Vietnam to adopt abandoned child

Jolie was whisked into a car and driven away after landing at Ho Chi Minh City International Airport, The Associated Press reported.

The actress was expected to attend an adoption ceremony with officials in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday morning, according to adoption officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about the matter.

After she receives the child, Jolie will meet with U.S. consular officials, who must review the adoption before a passport can be issued for the boy. If all goes according to plan, Jolie could bring the child home by the weekend, officials said.

A message left early Wednesday for a Jolie representative wasn't immediately returned.

The boy has been living at the Tam Binh orphanage on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City since he was abandoned at a hospital as an infant, according to adoption officials.

Jolie filed adoption papers as a single parent, because she and Brad Pitt are not married. They have two other adopted children and a biological daughter.

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